The Turnbo Manuscripts

by Silas Claiborne Turnbo
1844-1925

In speaking of groups of deer seen in the hills of Baxter County, Ark.,
Mr. John Garrison said that he saw a bunch of deer on Pigeon Creek one day
that interested him no little. The entire bunch was on a hillside that was
almost bare of timber. Part of the deer were feeding. Others were jumping
and playing. I had my gun with me but the deer looked so pretty I did not
shoot at them. I stood perfectly still but somehow they took a scare and
all left on a run. I did not try to obtain the correct number of them, but
I think there were 50 of them at least."